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{{Infobox MP<br />
| honorific-suffix =<br />
| name = Khawaja Muhammad Safdar<br />
| office = [[Senate of Pakistan|Member of the Senate of Pakistan]] <br />
| term_start = 6 August 1975<br />
| term_end = 4 July 1977<br />
| constituency =[[Punjab Pakistan|Punjab]] <br />
| term_start1 = 6 August 1973<br />
| term_end1 = 5 August 1975<br />
| constituency1 =[[Punjab Pakistan|Punjab]] <br />
| office2 = Leader of Opposition in [[List of Speakers of the West Pakistan Legislative Assembly|Provincial Assembly of West Pakistan]]<br />
| termstart2 = 9 June 1962<br />
| termend2 = 25 March 1969<br />
| office7 = Member of the [[List of Speakers of the West Pakistan Legislative Assembly|Provincial Assembly of West Pakistan]]<br />
| termstart7 = 9 June 1965<br />
| termend7 = 25 March 1969<br />
| constituency7 = Sialkot-I<br />
| termstart8 = 9 June 1962<br />
| termend8 = 8 June 1965<br />
| constituency8 = Sialkot-I<br />
| party = [[Pakistan Muslim League]]<br />
| nationality = Pakistani<br />
| relations = [[Khawaja Muhammad Asif]] (son)<br />
}}<br />
'''Khawaja Muhammad Safdar''' was a politician from [[Pakistan Muslim League]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ghumman|first1=Khawar|title=Experience and loyalty count in the PML-N kitchen cabinet|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1016645|accessdate=8 August 2017|work=Dawn (newspaper)|date=7 June 2013|language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Early life and career==<br />
He was born in Sialkot and took an active part in the [[Pakistan Movement]] before 1947. In 1981, he was nominated as chairman of [[Majlis-e-Shoora]], Pakistan and also acted as [[Acting President of Pakistan|acting president]] of Pakistan in this capacity. <br />
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He is the father of foreign minister of Pakistan in 2017, [[Khawaja Muhammad Asif]]. <br />
He was elected Member of Provincial Assembly of West Pakistan in 1962<ref name=pap>{{cite web|url=http://www.pap.gov.pk/uploads/previous_members/L-1962-1965.shtml|title=Khawaja Muhammad Safdar listed as member of Provincial Assembly (1962-1965) on pap.gov.pk website|accessdate=8 August 2017}}</ref> and was thereafter elected as leader of opposition.<ref name=pap/> He was re-elected to both these position in 1965.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pap.gov.pk/uploads/previous_members/L-1965-1969.shtml|title=Khawaja Muhammad Safdar listed as member of Provincial Assembly (1965-1969)|accessdate=8 August 2017}}</ref> and served in those positions till 25 March 1969, when General Agha Muhammad [[Yahya Khan]] seized power and dissolved the Assemblies. Khawaja Muhammad Safdar contested 1970 elections in Pakistan but lost to a nominee of [[Pakistan Peoples Party]].{{fact|date=February 2020}}<br />
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''Sialkot Medical College'' was set up in [[Sialkot]] in 2011 which was later renamed after Khawaja Muhammad Safdar as [[Khawaja Muhammad Safdar Medical College]].<ref>[http://www.pulsepakistan.com/index.php/main-news-dec-15-13/585-khawaja-muhammad-safdar-medical-college-Sialkot Sialkot Medical College renamed as Khawaja Muhammad Safdar Medical College], pulsepakistan.com website, Retrieved 8 August 2017</ref> A famous main boulevard in Sialkot on which Khwaja Muhammad Safdar Medical College lies has also been named as Khwaja Muhammad Safdar Road.{{fact|date=February 2020}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Khawaja Muhammad Safdar Medical College]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Pakistani MNAs 1962–1965]]<br />
[[Category:Pakistani MNAs 1965–1969]]<br />
[[Category:Punjabi people]]<br />
[[Category:Pakistani people of Kashmiri descent]]<br />
[[Category:Pakistan Movement activists]]<br />
[[Category:Pakistan Muslim League politicians]]<br />
[[Category:People from Sialkot]]<br />
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